𐰠𐰏

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *el-ig (“hand”). Cognate with Turkish el (“hand”).

Noun

𐰠𐰏 (elig)

  1. (anatomy) hand

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *ellig (“fifty”). Compare Turkish elli (“fifty”).

Numeral

𐰠𐰏 (el(l)ig)

  1. (cardinal) fifty

References
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “elig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 140, 141
  • Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*el, -ig”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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